Editing Portuguese Rite of the Templar Order

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{{Faction Infobox
|name = Portuguese Rite of the Templar Order
|leader = [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]]
|headquarters = [[Lisbon]]
|locations = [[Portugal]]
|related = [[Templars]]<br>Kingdom of Portugal<br>[[Portuguese Empire]]<br>[[Military Order of Aviz]]<br>[[Abstergo Industries]]
}}
The '''Portuguese Rite of the Templar Order''' is the branch of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] operating in [[Portugal]].

==History==
===Renaissance===
In the early 16th century, emboldened by Portuguese colonization efforts, the Templars started sending "missionaries" as far east as [[India]], paying for the expeditions by diverting money sent by King [[Manuel I of Portugal|Manuel I]]. The Templar sea [[Captains|captain]] [[Francisco]] was placed in charge of the Templars' proselytizing in Portugal's colonies. However, he was eliminated by the [[Assassins]] in 1511, who boarded one of his [[ship]]s in [[Lisbon]] and killed him at sea.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Mediterranean Defense]]</ref>

That same year, the Templars payed large sums of money to explorers for information of their discoveries. However, the Assassins, although lacking the Templars' wealth, used other means of acquiring the same information.<ref name="ACR" />

Circa 1560,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga no Monogatari]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga no Monogatari Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]</ref> the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order|Inner Sanctum]] tasked the Portuguese Templar [[Nuno Caro]] with traveling to [[Japan]] in search of [[Piece of Eden|Pieces of Eden]]. Accompanied by [[Duarte de Melo]], Caro worked to establish a [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order|foothold]] for the Templars in the country and learned about the [[Imperial Regalia of Japan]]. Despite the artifacts holding no advanced abilities, Caro believed that their religious and cultural significance would allow the Order to rule over the people of Japan and endeavored to retrieve them, while lying to the Inner Sanctum about the regalia's true nature so that they could continue to fund his mission.<ref name="Rift 3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light]]</ref>

Caro formed an alliance with the [[Shinbakufu]], a secret organization founded by the deposed ''[[shōgun]]'' [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki]], promising him the Templars' support to regain his throne in exchange for the Imperial Regalia.<ref name="The Man Behind the Mask">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Man Behind the Mask]]</ref> He also influenced [[Akechi Mitsuhide]] to [[Honnō-ji incident|betray]] his lord, [[Oda Nobunaga]], whose ambitions to unify Japan threatened to undermine the Templars' plans, and recruited the ''[[daimyō]]'' [[Kimura Kei]] and Mitsuhide's daughter [[Hosokawa Tama]] into the Order.<ref name="Fighting for the Cause">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Fighting for the Cause]]</ref><ref name="The Silver Queen">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Silver Queen]]</ref> By 1582, thanks to Caro's efforts, the Templars had successfully established a fledgling rite in Japan, with Caro at its head.<ref name="ACSH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''</ref>

However, the rite's operations were eventually sabotaged by the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] members [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and [[Yasuke]], the latter of whom sought revenge against the Templars for murdering his mother when they suspected her of being an Assassin spy.<ref name="End of the Line">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[End of the Line (Shadows)|End of the Line]]</ref> Tracking down Caro and his subordinates, Yasuke eliminated Duarte de Melo,<ref name="My Name is Yasuke">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[My Name is Yasuke]]</ref> Kimura Kei,<ref name="Fighting for the Cause" /> and Caro himself,<ref name="End of the Line" /> and helped Hosokawa Tama escape from the Order's influence,<ref name="A Promise">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[A Promise]]</ref> bringing a temporary end to the Templars' activities in Japan.<ref name="End of the Line" />

===Seven Years' War===
Sometime before 1746, the Templar [[Duarte Jorge Correia Pinto]] started looking for an [[Isu]] site around Lisbon, under [[John Harrison]]'s specific suggestion. By 1746, his research had been a failure, and he decided to go back to his commercial activities.<ref name="ACRG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]</ref>

==Members==
;Renaissance
*[[Nuno Caro]]<ref name="ACSH" /> {{c|[[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order|Japanese Rite]]}}
*[[Francisco]]<ref name="ACR" />
*[[João Machado]]<ref name="ACSH" /> {{c|Japanese Rite}}
*[[Duarte de Melo]]<ref name="ACSH" /> {{c|Japanese Rite}}
*[[Gaspar Vilela]] {{c|Japanese Rite}}
*Gaspar<ref name="ACSH" /> {{c|Japanese Rite}}
*Ermigo<ref name="ACSH" /> {{c|Japanese Rite}}
;Seven Years' War
*[[Manuel Pinto da Fonseca]]<ref name="ACRG" />
*[[Lourenço de Noronha]]<ref name="ACRG" />
*[[Duarte Jorge Correia Pinto]]<ref name="ACRG" />

===Allies and puppets===
;Renaissance
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*[[Akechi Mitsuhide]]<ref name="ACSH" />
*[[Ashikaga Yoshiaki]]<ref name="ACSH" />
*[[Baltazar]]
*[[Rodrigo Borgia]] {{c|[[Roman Rite of the Templar Order|Roman Rite]]}}
*[[Cesare Borgia]] {{c|Roman Rite}}
*[[Pedro Álvares Cabral]]
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*[[Vasco da Gama]]<ref name="ACR" />
*[[Hosokawa Tama]]<ref name="ACSH" /> {{c|Japanese Rite}}
*[[Kimura Kei]]<ref name="ACSH" /> {{c|Japanese Rite}}
*[[Manuel I of Portugal]]<ref name="ACR" />
*[[Samemaru]]<ref name="ACSH" />
*[[Yasuke]]<ref name="ACSH" />
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;Seven Years' War
*[[Reginald Birch]]<ref name="ACRG" /> {{c|[[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Rite]]}}
*[[John Harrison]]<ref name="ACRG" /> {{c|British Rite}}

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga no Monogatari]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
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[[Category:Templar Rites]]